Event Detail (Archived)

X-Chromosome Inactivation, Color Vision, and the Female Advantage

  • This event already took place in April 2016
  • Caspary Auditorium

Event Details

Type
Harvey Society
Speaker(s)
Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D., professor, department of molecular biology and genetics, department of neuroscience, and department of ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Open to
Public
Reception
Reception, 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Abby Lounge
Contact
Linda Hanssler
Phone
(212) 327-7714
Sponsor
Linda Hanssler
(212) 327-7714
lhanssler@rockefeller.edu

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